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The witches of Kazumi Magica. They come in two varieties: witches that are the same as the ones that appear in the anime, and "pseudo-witches", which are imitation witches, as the name implies.

Pseudo witches

Pseudo witches are a type of witch unique to the Kazumi Magica manga. They are actually human women that are implanted with a fake grief seed called an "evil nut". When they are defeated, the evil nut separates from the woman, much like when a witch drops a grief seed. Unlike regular witches, the women return to normal after they are defeated. They appear to lose their memory of the events that occurred while they are under the evil nut's influence, similar to those affected by a witch's kiss. This is due to Umika Misaki tampering and erasing their memories of the events.

Praying Mantis Pseudo Witch

This is an unnamed witch appearing in chapter 1 of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

Minions

Unknown

A witch fought by the Pleiades Saints in chapter 3. It captured Umika and Kaoru. The other five Saints tracked it down after discovering that its barrier moved around on the same schedule as the Asunaro Library's bookmobile. Kazumi killed it with a precision strike from outside the barrier after the other Saints signaled her.

Trivia and Speculation

This witch was designed as a drawing found in children's picture books, according to Takashi Tensugi.

"Prologue" may not be the witch's real name - the translation of the design notes refer to the Chapter 3 witch as "Callsign 'Prologue'", suggesting Prologue may be a design nickname.

When Kazumi attempts to turn Yuuri back to a human, it causes Yuuri's body to rise out from the witch, while still being connected to it. She appears to have almost no sense of self left, continuously repeating the last spell she used on Kazumi. Notably, her speech bubbles use the runic language. It was defeated by the Pleiades Saints.

Trivia and Speculation

Illustrator Takashi Tensugi describes the witch in volume 2's design notes. The witch is in the shape of a heart with wounds because it came from a wounded heart. The twin ponytails are actually parts of a defibrillator, made from the image Airi has of herself after her illness was cured. Her familiars are bulbs, from the idea that Airi thought of herself as being planted in the hospital. Her aspect is Self Rejection, and her weak point is toxins in medicine. The witch makes the sound "Puchi Puchi", similar to the sound of veins popping out of an angry person's forehead.

Her name was provided by Masaki Hiramatsu, the writer of Kazumi Magica. It means, "never blooming hearts," in German.

Technically, the correct German name would be "Nie blühende Herzen." It may have been intended as grammatically wrong by Masaki Hiramatsu.

The witch's thread-like torture of the trapped Pleiades somewhat resembles a description of the black rope hell of Buddhist Purgatory, a place for people who have killed and have stolen from another multiple times.

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Design notes on Airi's witch.

Arzt Kochen

"Arzt Kochen" is the witch form of Yuuri Asuka, and appears in chapter 5 of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

Arzt Kochen

The witch forces anesthesia into any humans in her barrier. She then cuts our their injured parts and completely cooks them. However, there are no humans who can endure this surgery. There is nothing that she can save. Her weakness are things that have no need for her. The sound the witch makes is "Pusu pusu", which is like a syringe entering the skin or a fork piercing something.

Minions

Unknown

Yuuri Asuka's witch form resembles a giant hypodermic needle, similar to her weapon as a magical girl. Giant forks come out of her body, which probably refers to either Yuuri's cooking talents or transforming into a witch during a cooking contest. The forks also contrast with the spoon amulet she carried, acting as a sort of evil counterpart; in fact, when the witch drops Yuuri's amulet, it possesses a dark fork in the handle in the opposite direction of the spoon (which then vanishes as the last part of Yuuri's witch form). It was defeated by the Pleiades Saints.

Trivia

Her name was provided by Masaki Hiramatsu, the writer of Kazumi Magica. It means, "cooking doctor" in German.

Weiße Königin

The witch of bullets. Because she feels like she's always being blamed for something, when someone enters her barrier, she eliminates them immediately. Her minions, many small shooting-gallery targets, float around in the witch's barrier.

The witch form of Niko Kanna. Its form is that of a shooting gallery dummy, with target circles spiraling outward from its forehead. The forehead has a large hole that extends to the back of the head, like a bullet hole. Its arms are giant blades that are used like scissors, and it has no lower body or legs. It was defeated by Mirai Wakaba.

Trivia

In Chapter 7 Niko is reading an article about a Japanese kid shooting people in California.In Chapter 10, it is revealed that when she was a kid she accidentally killed her friends with a gun and injured herself in the process.

Notably, the Grief Seed for the witch does not have the same emblem as Niko's Soul Gem - Niko's Soul Gem is a hexagon, while the witch's Grief Seed is a diamond.

The witch is named in Volume 3's design notes. Its name means "White Queen" in German.

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The birth of the witch.

Its subsequent defeat.

Volume 3's design notes.

Hungrige Pumpe

"Hungrige Pumpe" is a witch that attacked the Pleiades Saints, and appears in chapter 11 of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica.

古代の海の魔女

Hungrige Pumpe

A witch that attacked the Pleiades Saints before they became magical girls. Kazumi met them for the first time while rescuing them from it. It resembles a large eel-like creature with a bonnet-like jellyfish on its head.

Trivia and Speculation

The witch initially appeared as a swarm of familiar-like creatures, which then fused together into a single being, much like Mirai Wakaba's La Bestia attack.

The eel-like part of the witch deflates and shrivels up when shot by the Pleiades.

The jellyfish on top then reinflates it like a balloon, possibly as part of a symbiotic relationship.

Her barrier resembles a beach, with several toriis standing in the water and coral.

It is vaguely reminiscent of the description of the second witch that appeared in Drama CD 3.

In Volume 3's design notes, the witch is described as reminiscent of colony-type lifeforms such as coral and jellyfish. It's unclear whether a bunch of familiars join together to form the witch, or if the witch breaks apart into familiar-like things. Because her body is a colony, she can be hurt if one part of her is killed, but she cannot be destroyed unless the entire colony is wiped out at once. Despite her appearance, she's pretty dangerous.

The witch is named in Volume 3's design notes. Its name roughly means "Hungry Pump" in German.

Minions

Unknown

The witch form of Satomi Usagi. It is vaguely humanoid, with a whistle for a head and a circular cage for a dress. The witch has a smaller, rabbit-like form that hides inside of the outer shell's dress.

Trivia and Speculation

The witch appears to be an animal tamer. Her barrier is decorated with cages and she uses a whip to attack.

The name means: 'knight equipment of crybaby', with the 'knight equipment' reflecting the outer shell, and the 'crybaby' reflecting the inner body of the witch. The word 'Ritterstüng' is wrongly spelled here; the correct form would be 'Ritter Ausrüstung'.

Her familiars are small cats with mouths on their foreheads. They are somewhat reminiscent of Jubey and Satomi's childhood pet Sare. Kazumi turns them against the witch and uses them to blow up its outer shell.

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Notes from the creators.

The familiars turning on the witch.

Plejaden von Asunaro

An witch appearing in chapter 18 of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica. It is the witch form of Saki Asami.

Plejaden von Asunaro

The witch form of Saki Asami. After hatching, she quickly kills Mirai Wakaba and is incapacitated by Kanna Hijiri [link]. It is killed by the other witches in the Freezer while trying to protect Kazumi.

Trivia and Speculation

Her barrier contains several raised platforms. They are reminiscent of those found in The Freezer [link], and may be the same platforms after being drawn into the barrier. The barrier also contains a meadow, filled with butterflies and flowers.

The witch's body has a lily of the valley design winding around it, which is symbolic, considering she's Saki's witch form.

The witch's page in volume 4 says this: Witch Saki. The outline was "she should look like the Nebra Sky Disk". Her attribute is revealed in the next volume.

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Notes from the creators.

Zweiköpfiger Böser Flügel

A witch appearing in chapter 18 of Puella Magi Kazumi Magica. It is the witch form of Ayase and Luca Souju.

Hyades Daybreak

Hyades Daybreak

A conglomerate witch on the level of Walpurgis Night, created by Kanna Hijiri. She used her connection magic to fuse the Soul Gems in the Freezer into this gigantic witch.

Trivia and Speculation

Its form resembles Walpurgis Night, to the point where Kyuubey briefly mistakes it for that very witch. However, it is not Walpurgis Night herself.

Sumire Akane, a minor magical girl character whose Soul Gem was taken by the Pleiades in chapter 7 and stored in the Freezer, is shown to be one of this witch's familiars.

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Oneshot Witches

Various witches that make only brief appearances.

Chapter 5 witch

A witch (possibly a familiar) that was very briefly seen being killed by Yuuri in Chapter 5.

Chapter 11 witch

A witch (possibly a familiar) that attacked Kazumi before she became a magical girl. It was swiftly killed by Mami Tomoe.

Chapter 12 witch

A witch (possibly a familiar) that the Pleiades Saints killed in Chapter 12. The witch and the structures in its barrier vaguely resemble cacti.

Chapter 16 witch

An unnamed witch that briefly appears in Chapter 16, battling late magical girl Remi Shiina. It bears a passing resemblance to Rosasharn, from Oriko Magica, as well as Hungrige Pumpe, and is surrounded by what appear to be slingshots and bags of cookies.

Chapter 17 witch

Chapter 19 witches

A group of witches that attack Kazumi, Umika, and Kaoru in Chapter 19. They are killed by Kazumi in Chapter 20. They resemble a flying kagamimochi, several flying pillars, a teapot and teacups, a creature surrounded by bird feathers, and a dress with blood pouring from the neck.

Chapter 20 witch 1

A witch that Umika extracts information from in a flashback in Chapter 20. The structures in its barrier somewhat resemble densely-set houses.